London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brent 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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Table 24
General Classes—Analysis of Disabilities
| Disability | Age | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 | 16-29 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65 and over | ||
| Amputations | — | 2 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 45 |
| Arthritis and rheumatism | — | — | 21 | 101 | 408 | 530 |
| Congenital malformations and deformities | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| Diseases of digestive and genito-urinary systems | — | — | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| Diseases of the heart or circulatory systems | — | 2 | 8 | 31 | 92 | 133 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (other than tuberculosis) | — | 1 | 3 | 25 | 43 | 72 |
| Diseases of the skin | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Injuries of the head, face, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis or trunk | — | — | — | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Injuries or diseases (other than tuberculosis) of the upper and lower limbs, and of the spine | - | 3 | 14 | 19 | 63 | 99 |
| Organic nervous diseases, epilepsy, poliomyelitis, multiple sclerosis | 6 | 49 | 76 | 125 | 199 | 455 |
| Neuroses, psychoses and other nervous and mental disorders | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Tuberculosis (respiratory) | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Tuberculosis (non-respiratory) | — | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Diseases and injuries not specified above | — | — | 6 | 20 | 37 | 63 |
| Total | 7 | 58 | 136 | 354 | 904 | 1,459 |
* This figure includes those handicapped persons who suffer from dual or multiple disabilities.